EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND THE MISSION SCHOOLS by Brian Holmes (Editor) ( 9780415432474 )

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Title:

EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND THE MISSION SCHOOLS
CASE STUDIES FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE

By:

Brian Holmes (Editor)

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Hardback

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0415432472

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9780415432474

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

17 May, 2007

Pages:

384

Description:

Reveals how the missionaries, so often misguided and short-sighted, were in fact pioneers of modernization, science and freedom. This book allows for comparative analysis and illustrates how some of the social consequences of action through the schools could be foreseen. It talks about the results of Imperial rule during the 19th century.

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Originally published 1967, this title reveals how the missionaries, so often misguided and short-sighted, were in fact pioneers of modernization, science and freedom. The structure of the book allows for comparative analysis and the volume illustrates how some of the social consequences of action through the schools could be foreseen. In addition light is thrown on the results of Imperial rule during the nineteenth century and on the nature of the impact of Western education in Asia and Africa.

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Routledge

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